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"Dugout Chatter" is a behind the scenes look at your favorite prep baseball player.

 

Name: Daniel Mueller

School: West Bend West

Year: Senior

GPA: 3.0

Favorite subject: environmental conservation

Position: SS/P

Other sports: football; basketball

I got my start in sports: playing catch in baseball and tossing around a football with my dad, who was also my youth coach.

I wish I could play: hockey.

Baseball highlights: three-time letterwinner and three-year starter … starting shortstop and pitcher as a senior when he also served as a co-captain … played everywhere but right field and catcher as a sophomore and junior … earned honorable mention all-conference honors at pitcher as a sophomore.

2009 stats: Batted .364 (39-for-107) with 48 runs scored, four doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 38 RBI … 15-of-15 in stolen bases … drew 18 walks and five hit-by-pitches … recorded .477 on-base percentage … pitching stats: 4-0 record with 1 save and a 3.50 ERA in eight appearances, including six starts, and one complete game … struck out 23 batters in 28 innings.

2009 team stats: Finished 27-5 overall, 13-5 in North Shore Conference (second place) … advanced to WIAA Summer State quarterfinals

Other sports honors: two-time letterwinner and two-year starter in football as a quarterback and safety as a senior and running back and safety as a junior ... served as a co-captain and earned Most Valuable Player honors on offense and honorable mention all-conference honors at quarterback after rushing for nearly 1,100 yards as a senior … two-time letterwinner in basketball as a part-time starter as a junior and starter as a senior at shooting guard.

Volunteer work: helping out at Jim Gantner baseball camps and other youth baseball camps with my dad

I like playing baseball because: it is something I shared with my dad and have enjoyed to do my whole life.

I wish I was: faster. You can t teach speed.

Team bonding moments: eating at Buffalo Wild Wings after games with several teammates

Favorite athlete: Ryan Braun

Favorite team: Green Bay Packers

Favorite baseball team: Milwaukee Brewers

Favorite movies: Transformers 2; Without a Paddle

Favorite baseball movie: Angels in the Outfield

Favorite TV shows: Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel; That 70 s Show

Favorite meal: steak, potatoes and corn

Favorite fast food: Jack s Pizza

Favorite opponent: West Bend East

Favorite web site: Facebook

Favorite sport on TV: college football

Favorite place to visit: log cabin on 320 acres in Northern Wisconsin near Amberg

Baseball Stadium to visit: Yankee Stadium

I want to visit: Bora, Bora

One word to describe me: heart

I can t live without: a wristband I wear that raises awareness of ovarian cancer, which took the life of my grandma, Patricia Mueller

I want to meet: Barry Sanders; Walter Payton

Dream date: Megan Fox

Role models: my dad, Willie Mueller; my cousin, Ryan Rohlinger

My family includes: my mom, Ruth, and my sister, Lindsey

Nickname: D-Mills; Danny; Dan

I drive: it was a 1998 Bonneville until it died; now it s a Ford Explorer.

Dream car: an Austin Martin

Dream gift: a custom-built house in the country

I like West Bend West High School because: of the school restaurant.

On my IPod: Nickelback; T.I.

I like to read: hunting magazines

Fantasy: to play professional baseball

My perfect day: hunting and fishing at our cabin; if not, fishing on a local pond, eating lunch and dinner with my family and hanging out around a bonfire with my friends at night.

Hobbies: hunting, fishing, four-wheeling

Post-high school plans: attend Concordia-Wisconsin (Mequon) to study Liberal Arts and play baseball.

Career goal: pro athlete; run a business

Outlook on life: "I take it as it comes."

 

Did you know? As a sophomore, Danny pitched West Bend West to the 2007 WIAA Summer State Baseball title 35 years to the day that his father, Willie Mueller, who was also a sophomore at the time, pitched West Bend West to the 1972 state championship.

 

If you have a prep baseball player you would like to read about, send your nomination to Dennis Semrau at: [email=dsemrau@madison.com]dsemrau@madison.com[/email] or (608) 513-5550. [size="3"][size="0"][/size]



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